Blake

Future posts will draw exclusively from the 66 books of the Protestant Bible (Genesis to Revelation) and will: 1. Quote the verse 2. Provide cross-references from other canonical books to clarify meaning. 3. Demonstrate how these passages harmonize, upholding the inerrancy of Scripture.

@ComeHometoRome @SwordMasterPub Catholicism and orthodoxy make the same claim and yet look different. How’s that?

@SwordMasterPub Your interpretation of scripture may disagree with the Catholic Church, but that means it also disagrees with all of Christian history and tradition handed down by the apostles.

If you’re looking for a Church I recommend finding a Bible believing and following Church. The only one I could find is the Catholic Church. No other church practices all the Biblical teachings of baptism, the Eucharist, visible unity, confession, intercession of the Saints, the veneration of the Blessed Virgin, submission to the Bishop, and the rejection of contraception, divorce, female pastors.

@jonathanplumb How do you know if they affirm posthumously?

You know what time it is? Convert your ancestor time!

@rootcausesleuth Got it, thanks for the explanation

Blake, thanks! I thought that response answered you. Sorry. Let me see… I think people are born mortal, not living in daily communion with God like Adam and Eve did. An Orthodox priest once explained to me mortality leads to sin: the flesh craves and grasps at things in a vain attempt to preserve itself. Plus, we are surrounded by sin at all times because sin pervades the world. We are raised by sinners and learn their behavior. All do end up sinning if they live long enough, but not because we have to sin in any given moment. I firmly disbelieve the Calvinist teaching on total depravity.

And God made them to be born with that volition 😬

@JohnSmithdzz7 Both are in the wrong. It’s not that complicated.

The whistleblower who outed Katherine has come forth to tell his side of the story. Yes, she was sending fully naked pictures and engaging in phone sex. No, the nudes were not leaked to the public. Only sultry lingerie pics were shared on X. This happened 6 months ago in October.

@Wisconsin_fam Braun, unless their pitcher can throw a curveball into the dirt of the other batters box

It’s the bottom of the 9th with 2 outs and you need a hit. Which guy are you choosing in their prime?

@rootcausesleuth I’m genuinely asking what you believe.

@WordProvesTrue God hates sin. Why would he make people who had a nature that made them unable to not sin and unable to want to seek God, And then spend tons of time calling out to people to seek him?

@BaptistBen316 You forgot the Catholics also gave us the canon of scripture. Ignore the fact those two canons are different.

The Orthodox gave us the canon of scripture? That’s funny, how come we don’t use it then? (The Apocrypha is trash.)

@DustinSJenkins @rootcausesleuth Correct we minister to the world without exception but not every individual is saved without exception.

@WordProvesTrue @rootcausesleuth It’s tied to the ministry of reconciliation so if the world means less than the entire world then we don’t have a ministry in the whole world, so which parts of the world are we not to minister to?

In Christ, God was reconciling THE WORLD to himself!

@Fungame77 “For the one who has entered His rest has himself also rested from his works, as God did from His.” Hebrews 4:10 It’s entered into by faith, not by observance of a special day.

Hebrews 4:9 used the word "Sabbatismos", which means "a sabbath rest". This is saying that a Sabbath rest remains for the people of God. It's not doing away with the Sabbath, it's upholding it.

@Oluwadaniel_0 “Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of GOD which HE purchased with HIS OWN BLOOD.” Acts 20:28

The man Christ Jesus died. God raised him from the dead. "God raised him from the dead." Acts 13:30 God is not the one who died. God is the one who raised Jesus.

@not_our_guy He cultivated that type of audience and now reaps what he sowed

hmmmmmm

@YahwehGraced The NT frames it exclusively as a one-time event

Baptism can be taken every year It is not once in a life time Baptism is a Jewish practice

@j_divis Genuinely how can you claim it’s more important the Bible?

The most important book in the world. If true, you have found the church of Jesus Christ.

@BrysonGray And now you’re getting blasted for being a heretic

So, Forrest Frank actually put my verse on the “Jesus is Alive” remix album. Whoa. Out now everywhere for streaming.

There is not one single Biblical example of people asking for intercession from someone who has died.

@paleochristcon What are you even saying? Mormons are Christian? Wood isn't?

If there was a group of mormons turning Muslims away from Islam and towards mormonism would the non-denominationals be just as supportive as they are with the Wood coalition? If the answer is no then you now understand the orthodox position.

@Mattman34 "Being incapable of twisting the truth and ignoring that which is plainly obvious makes me Catholic." You are an infallible teacher?

Deadly sin and sin which is not deadly are plainly taught in Sacred Scripture. That Jesus gave the apostles and their successors—the bishops and presbyters—the authority to forgive or retain sins is plainly taught in Sacred Scripture. That Jesus promised the Holy Spirit’s guidance to the Church is clearly taught in Sacred Scripture. That the Church operated for two to three full generations before the last page of the New Testament was written is clearly known. That when the early Church in the Book of Acts was dealing with a doctrinal controversy on a topic Jesus never addressed in the Gospels, the Church gathered together with Peter and the elders in council to settle the matter, and the decision was ratified by the Holy Spirit, is clearly taught in Sacred Scripture. That Jesus changed Simon’s name to Rock and gave him the keys to the Kingdom of Heaven—an in-your-face symbol of unilateral authority—and commanded him to feed and shepherd His sheep, to strengthen his brethren when their faith fails (because Jesus had prayed specifically that Peter’s faith would not fail), is clearly taught in Sacred Scripture. That the apostles chose a successor to replace Judas as a member of the Twelve, and that no elder or bishop may simply “start their own church” apart from having been sent and instructed by someone who was ultimately sent by an apostle upon whom hands had been laid, is clearly taught in Sacred Scripture. All the sacraments, a real moral reformation and perfection brought about by grace before one is able to enter the Kingdom of Heaven, and a final judgment of eternal damnation or eternal reward based on what was done in the body, are clearly taught in Sacred Scripture. That the Church in the first four centuries (and beyond), after being founded by Jesus, clearly celebrated the Eucharistic liturgy—during which a 73-book canon was eventually recognized by the bishops of the Church in communion with the bishop of Rome, the successor of St. Peter, whose Apostolic See was seen as having preeminent authority—is clearly demonstrated by the extant evidence and witness of history. Reading the Bible makes me Catholic. Studying history makes me Catholic. Being incapable of twisting the truth and ignoring that which is plainly obvious makes me Catholic. Putting my faith in and believing the words of Jesus Christ makes me Catholic. To not be Catholic is to have to explain away far too many things.

@GatorRob777 Philippians 2:13 is a great encouragement